Gauff, Fritz lead combined seven Americans in Top 20 of WTA, ATP year-end singles rankings

As 2023 comes to a close, USTA.com is recapping the biggest stories of the year in American tennis. This installment tells the story of U.S. success through the lens of the WTA and ATP rankings.

Women's world No. 3 Coco Gauff and men's No. 10 Taylor Fritz lead a strong American contingent in the Top 20 of the year-end WTA and ATP singles rankings, respectively.

Gauff is joined in the Top 5 by Jessica Pegula, with whom she also finished No. 3 in the WTA doubles rankings to close 2023. Fritz is one of five American men in the singles Top 25, alongside No. 13 Tommy Paul, No. 16 Frances Tiafoe, No. 17 Ben Shelton and No. 24 Sebastian Korda. Five Americans are among the doubles Top 10 across both tours, led by men's world No. 1 Austin Krajicek.

At the close of another standout year for American tennis at the game's highest level, USTA.com brings you the facts and figures that underscore that success.

Americans dominate ATP's Top 25

No nation finished 2023 with more men inside the Top 20 than the United States—a statistic that also holds true for the Top 50 and Top 100. The four Americans in the ATP's Top 20 are the most since 2010, when Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish, Sam Querrey and John Isner achieved the feat as a foursome.

Korda may well have made it five had he not missed a chunk of the first half of the season with a wrist injury, suffered during his career-best major run to the Australian Open quarterfinals. Shelton also reached the Melbourne quarters with a breakout performance, while Tommy Paul advanced to the semis in a sign of things to come for American tennis.

The ATP Tour-leading seven Americans in the Top 50 also includes No. 34 Christopher Eubanks and No. 41 Mackenzie McDonald. Of those seven, all but Fritz finished with career best year-end rankings. Rounding out the U.S. presence in the Top 100 are No. 53. J.J. Wolf, No. 60 Marcos Giron and No. 97 Alex Michelsen.

Gauff, Pegula finish Top 5 in singles & doubles

The 19-year-old Gauff and the 29-year-old Pegula are the youngest and oldest members of the WTA's year-end singles Top 10. Their Top 5 seasons mark the first time that two Americans have finished among the Top 5 since 2010, when Serena and Venus Williams accomplished the feat.

Gauff is also the first American teenager to finish in the Top 10 in consecutive years since Serena did so in 1999 and 2000.

The good friends and Billie Jean King Cup teammates also ended the season as joint-world No. 3s in doubles. Gauff and Pegula rose to the top of the WTA doubles rankings following the US Open but were edged for year-end No. 1 by Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens.

A total of eight American singles players finished inside the WTA's Top 50, including No. 12 Madison Keys, No. 32 Emma Navarro, No. 33 Sofia Kenin, No. 44 Caroline Dolehide, No. 47 Sloane Stephens and No. 49 Peyton Stearns. Nine more Americans ended the year in the Top 100, for a total of 17.